Improvement in countersinks



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

LEWIS H. HUNT, OF SAXTONS RIVER, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTERSINKS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,963, dated May 21,1872.

Specification describing'a new and useful Improvement in Gountersinks,invented by LEWIS H. HUNT, of Saxtons River, in the county of Windhamand State of Vermont.

This invention relates to the construction of countersinks for wood; andconsists in the coustruction of the shank and pod, as will behereinafter described. p

In the. accompanying drawing, Figure 1 reprepresents a View of thecountersinking-tool complete. Fig. 2 is a View of the pod. Fig-3 isavicwvof the detachable cutter. Fig. 4 is a orosssection of Fig. l takenon the line. .1: w.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

" A is the shank of the tool. B is the pod on.

. the end of the shank. C is the detachable outseen-in Fig. 4, makingthis portion of the solid body of the pod of less diameter than the restof it, which smaller portion is marked h, its boundaries being marked inFig. 2 by the letters 'i z' and the collar 0. C is the detachablecutter, the lower portion of which completes the inverted cone, theupperportion being a semi-tube, which fits into the recess h of the pod,where it is conned by a screw, L, so that the surfaces n n' and ifi arebrought in contact with each other, as seen in Fig. l.

I do not broadly claim a wood-countersinking tool made in two parts; butl Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The improved couutersinkingtool hereindescribed, provided with a body, g, having recess h i z' and collar O,as and for the purpose specified.

LEWIS H. HUNT.

Witnesses Y I. A. FARNswoRTH, i

H. C. J oHNsoN.

